[nobe-l] Introduction and Advice for Student Teaching

[Emily K. Michael]

Hi Kayla, 

Would you be willing to share some of your reservations about teaching sighted students? 

Best,
Emily 
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Emily K. Michael
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Blog: http://areyouseeingthis.wordpress.com/

"Nowhere, Love, will world exist but within."
- Rainer Maria Rilke

> On Mar 22, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Kayla James via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I just wanted to say how cool I think you are to take on a sighted
> classroom. I'm totally blind and am considering teaching, but still
> unsure, but you are one of the ones who give me hope.
> If I do decide to teach, I'll have you to thank.
> 
> On 3/22/16, Kathy via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi, Tara,
>>  Great to see you here! You are on track with everything. Student teaching
>> is an adjustment for everyone, blind or sighted, so you will go through the
>> normal swings of highs and lows as you take ownership of the room and learn
>> how to operate as a blind teacher amid an environment that has not likely
>> had such an experience, but they will also be getting use to a new person in
>> you overall, someone who is not their normal teacher. Staying patient as
>> their loyalties shift and they make changes to the routines will be
>> important. If they love their original teacher, they will come to you with a
>> slower openness, and that will have nothing to do with your blindness. So,
>> what I am saying is to be careful to keep any challenges straight in your
>> mind as to whether they are normal student teacher growing pains or whether
>> they are due to your blindness as you and they grow through that. I have a
>> hunch, having met you, that you are going to do very well. Welcome aboard!
>> Kathy Nimmer and Nacho
>> 
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